The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-15
PERSONAL.

THERE are sixty electric bells on W. X. Van
derbilt's farm
THERE is Methodist preacher in ST. Mary's.
o., named John l.. Sullivan
SENATOR WADE HAMPTON Of South Carolina.
looks as young as he did twenty years ago bar
ring few more gray hairs.
SENATOR VANCE entertained the surviving
members of his old company, the Rough and
Ready Guards at his home, "Gombroon," on
July 4.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has sent a
silver medal to Miss Edith Clark, of San Fran
cisco, for saving a schoolInate from drowning
on Aug. 81, 1886
Mr.. BRADSHAW, of the Great Head Yacht
Club, sailed his yacht Ermina in the champion
ship pennant regatta with a crew composed of
women. The yacht came in last.
A BERLIN PAPER comments on the fact that
the playwright Moser received mere trihe for
The Private Secretary, which, in its English
form, has already yielded 100000.
THE Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Scotland)
was recently arrested as spy.while iourneying
in Algeria, by a French officer He was soon
after released with complete apologies.
GEN. WILLIAM i. ROGERS is the possessor of n
stained glass portrait of George Washington,
which was made in China seventy years ago
when the art was almost unknown in this coun.
try. The portrait is by Suliy, after Stewart S
celebrated painting, and is life size.
WHEN the Prince of Wales breakfasts "he
likes the solid toasted muffin, the pnk-and-
white slices Of home-cured ham, the generous
section of Melton Mowbray pork pie. grilled
chops ianked with kidneys broied on a silver
fork, plenty of good thick cream and butter"
THE son of Joshua r. Giddings the Old Ohio
Abolitionist, lives at jefferson the county seat
OF Ashtahula county. He practices law and
runs farm, but he takes very little interest i'm
politics. The son of Ben Wade lives in the same
town. He gives himself up TO horses and let's
politics alone.
IT is reported that ex-senator Jones. of
Florida. has finally left Detroit. He is said TO
br on his way 10 Europe, whittier Miss Palms
has gone before him. There is some surprise
expressed in Detroit Mt his sudden departure as
many of his investments in that city are begin
ming TO make large returns.
MEHEMNED BEY, a handsome officer in the
CircaSsan Guard Of the Sultan Of Turkey has
recently been married TO the Sultans sister
The lady fell in love with the officer several
years ago, but as he was poor aud undistin-
gliished, the late Sultan would not permit them
to be married, Abdul Hamid. however. was
persuaded 10 permit the marriage, and Mehem-
med. having been made a Pacha was chosen 10
represent the PadiShah at Queen Victoria's
jubilee.
GEORGE JONES, proprietor of the New York
Times, and his family are guests al the Hotel
Kaaterskill in the Catskill mountain. Thursday
his grandson saved the son of a guest at the
hotel from drowning In Kaaterskil Lake at the
risk Of his own life The grateful mother and
guests made the brave little fellow accept a
valuable diamond pin. To member Of the
Kingston Freemdn's editorial stan who was at
the hotel. the Juvenile life-saver when asked
what profession he proposed To follow, shyly
answered; II guess I'll he n newspaper man"
LIVELY New York correspondent says:
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt is the beauty and
dasher OF all the Nanderbilts. Her social doings
have ever had a vim and style undesired or at
least unattained, by any other lady among
them. Her toilets, her equipages her diver
sions have been always new and sometimes
strange while the others have seemed 10 strive
for privacy secusion and qlIietude To her is
due the conception Of this round.the world
splendor. The route Of the steam yacht Alva
will be first TO London and next To Paris with
the East 70 follow. Dinners and balls will he
given on board, and IL is unlikely that Cleopa-
ira IN her barge created the stir that the Van
derblts will make in the Old World with the
Alya.